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%META:TOPICINFO{author="LeeBelbin" date="1192570590" format="1.1" version="1.9"}%
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---+++TDWG Accomplishments that Should Be Promoted
1. New [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/constitution/][constitution]] and [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/process/][processes (what it implies)]]
1. New [[http://www.tdwg.org/activities/][Interest and Task Groups]]
1. New [[http://www.tdwg.org][Web site]], [[http://wiki.tdwg.org/][Wiki]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/ojs/][OJS]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/blog/][blog]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/news/][News]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/standards/][standards repository]] and [[http://lists.tdwg.org/mailman/listinfo][mail list manager]]. It would be particularly good to promote the blog as a mechanism of presenting new (provocative) ideas.
1. New [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/faq/][FAQ]], [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/glossary/][Glossary]] and [[http://www.tdwg.org/activities/general-tasks/][Help for online systems]]
1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/][TDWG brochure and poster]]
1. A number of [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/][PowerPoint presentations]] about TDWG suitable for use at other meetings
1. Site [[http://www.tdwg.org/membership/][registration and membership (with online payments) and *donations*]]
1. The [[http://www.tdwg.org/proceedings/issue/current][Proceedings of TDWG]]. *We must promote this!*
1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/news/article/tdwg-infrastructure-project/][Round 2 projects and contracts]]
1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/activities/guid/][LSID developments and directions]]. We now have IPNI, Index Fungorum, ZooBank and soon Species 2000 deploying LSIDs.
1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/activities/tapir/][TAPIR/TAPIRLink developments and directions]] (including BigDig)
1. Interest and Task Group meetings?
1. Geointeroperability demo (being loaded to the TDWG site soon I hope!)
1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/conference2007/][TDWG 2007 in Bratislava]]
1. [[http://www.tdwg.org/about-tdwg/][New agreements e.g., OGC MoU]]
1. Implementations of TDWG standards/protocols
1. Executive Summaries of TDWG standards
1. Video clips about TAPIR and LSIDs ready for You Tube etc
1. Current activities
1. Meeting reports
1. The database of > 500 [[http://www.tdwg.org/biodiv-projects/[international biodiversity data projects]]
1. What else?
---++++Mechanisms of Promotion
1. News item on TDWG Web site (optionally push to registered users?)
1. TDWG mail list
1. TAXACOM mail list
1. Identify additional listserves (e.g., ECN [Entomological Collections Network], others) to target or ask specific members of relevant listserves to post on TDWG's behalf
1. Publish at least one news item from TDWG in the new GBIF newsletter
1. Solicit membership and participation in TDWG through GBIF newsletter
1. OJS notification (500+ but overlaps with mail lists - OJS Editors only)
1. Presentations
1. Tutorials
1. Brochures (general and IT recruitment)
1. Standard logo, phrase for tools using a TDWG standard, to include in the tool ("this tool is using TDWG 89:TAPIR standard")
1. Press releases
1. Annual conference
1. Conferences of related organizations
1. Get a commercial PR firm to promote TDWG
1. Demonstrations of TDWG standards (eg Geointeroperability demo - coming online)
1. Mash-ups?
1. Subscription journal?
---++++Volunteers for above tasks (indicate if you would lead or help if applicable)
Please go to Outreach2007And2008 to add your actions and ideas
Please add, delete or modify - or even better - go to Outreach2007And2008 and offer to do something from the above lists.
-- Main.LeeBelbin - 06 Feb 2007
-- Main.GailKampmeier - 15 Oct 2007